Podcasting and Podcatchng for the Absolute Beginner (cue08?)
Podcastingforbeginners.wikispaces.com
September 2004 – beginning of podcasting
2005 – word of year Oxford dictionary
XML – the markup language, placed on server and pushed out through RSS
Audio only – MP3
+ video = vodcast
Enhanced podacst = audio, video, chapter marked

Must have access to web server
Upload media to server and create RSS feed
Audience finds via RSS feed

Podcatchers
Itunes
Ipodder
Ipodderx


Should be 80% of time on content and 20% on production

Podcast - Tech savvy girlz – articulating understanding

Equipment
Olympus W3-311M – good recorder with key useful tools
Others are available very inexpensively to record MP3 (though at lower quality)
Don’t spend a lot of $ w/ knowing more about your use, audience, other issues
Microphone – SHURE SM58
Headsets help w/ more consistent sound

Recording software
Profcast (approx $30)
Chatcasting – Skype or ichat
Gcast
Audacity

Free Severs
Ourmedia
OdeoStudio
Gcast

Cheap Servers
Word Press
BlueHost - check
Hipcast
GoDaddy

Free/Premium
Smitchfoot
Podcast Spot
PodBean.com

LibSyn ($5 mo for 100MB/mo)
BlueHost
Dreamhost
Your own school server